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Hilt and Point Sword Dancing is a traditional dance form found throughout Europe. While many sword dances have common themes, it is an incredibly diverse genre of dancing. Different countries use unique swords, music, costumes, figures, stories, footwork, and traditions in their sword dancing. On sword-dance.com you will find a range of dances with photos, history, analysis and other resources. It takes its foundations from a year-long Watson Fellowship by Jeremy Carter-Gordon
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Teaching Morris, Late-night Singing, and Raising a Giant Tree. Plus Two More Sword Dances!

November 9, 2011
by starofswords
Basque Country, Blog

I managed to navigate talking on the phone in Spanish sufficiently to call a taxi to take me to the bus station and after some…

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